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Italy plans on holding a crisis meeting Thursday as pasta prices continue to rise. According to Reuters, the cost of pasta products soared 17.5 percent year-over-year in March, while Italian EU-harmonized index consumer prices rose 8.1 percent. The following month, the Italian National Institute of Statistics reported a 16.3 percent increase in pasta prices, compared to the […]
After a successful collab following his arrival on the Toronto sports scene a year ago, Toronto FC star Lorenzo Insigne has once again teamed up with OVO for a new track jacket. The jacket celebrates Insigne’s Italian heritage meeting his Canadian home. In addition to his number 24 in the back with the Italian and Canadian […]
Convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been captured after 30 years on the run, the Associated Press reports. Denaro, 60, was arrested on Monday in Sicily’s capital of Palermo. Denaro had been a fugitive since 1993, and was considered the top boss of Italy’s Cosa Nostra even while a fugitive. Denaro was captured at the […]
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the former leader of the Catholic Church who resigned in 2013, has died at the age of 95. The Vatican announced the news in a short statement on Saturday morning. Benedict passed away at his residence in the Vatican at 9:34 a.m. “With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, […]
Popular pasta brand Barilla is facing a class-action lawsuit over alleged false advertising. A federal judge in the United States District Court of the Northern District of California on Monday denied Barilla’s attempt to throw out the case, which means the lawsuit would move forward. Two California residents, Jessica Prost of Los Angeles and Matthew Sinatro […]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has had to return 27 ancient artifacts worth over $13 million after New York investigators claimed that the items were looted. According to The New York Times, the objects were taken from Italy and Egypt. The museum acquired eight of those items from gallery owner Gianfranco Becchina, who was accused […]
The New York Yankees are teaming up with U.S. private equity group RedBird Capital Partners to become minority investors in Italian soccer club AC Milan. The Financial Times reports Yankee Global Enterprises, the MLB team’s parent company, and Los Angeles-based investment firm Main Street Advisors—which includes LeBron James and Drake among its group of investors—are closing in on a […]
During a 400-meter race at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia on Thursday, Italian decathlete Alberto Nonino suffered a wardrobe malfunction that kept him from winning the race. Nonino, 18, started off strong in the sprint, gaining pace against his competitors, before cameras captured him reaching down to hold his crotch a couple of […]
Justin Bieber has resumed touring after revealing in June that he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. On July 31, the singer took the stage at the Lucca Summer Festival in Italy, his first performance since disclosing his health condition. Bieber later shared photos of his show on Instagram, captioning the set, “Luv u […]
Over the weekend, an American tourist fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano in Italy, while trying to take a selfie. NBC News reports the 23-year-old Baltimore man, identified as Philip Carroll, was visiting the volcano, which is located near Naples and is infamous for an eruption in A.D. 79 that destroyed the Roman […]
